...T J S MALLAGH UK © Thomas Telford and ICE 1935 CAISSONS SINKING PERMANENT LAUNCHING TEMPORARY SETTING RETAINING PNEUMATIC EXCAVATIONS BLASTING GEOLOGY DISEASES QUAYS STRUTS FLOODS CONCRETING SUBSTRUCTURES SHAFTS PRESSURE SEALS GLASGOW PLANTATION QUAY...

...-trenches having been dredged to the lercl -39, a layer of crushed rock, 12 inches thick, was deposited THREE RIVERS, P.Q., CANADA. 7 inthem before sinking the cribs. A hard local limestone, the only suitable rock in the neighbourhood, was used, this being quarried and crushed 8 miles from Three Rivers...

... maximum stresses intheouter skinplating during sinking would occur when the cutting-edges rested on the river-bed, which was assumed to be a t a maximum depth of 25 feet below low water, and all the caissons were designed for this condition. If the necessity arose, the wells could be roofed at any stage...

... protected by long rubbing-pieces and temporary walings at.tached a t two levels. Owing to the reduction in the diameter of the cylinders, the lowlevel walings ha,d t o be nloved in and t,he rubbing-pieces rearranged asthe sinking proceeded. Before the cylinders were lowered, l e d beds werc prepared...

...BULLMORE; A W E WATERWORKS SINKING BOREHOLES WELLS WATER SUPPLY TOWNS PUMPING PLANT PUMPS LETCHWORTH UK © Thomas Telford and ICE 1929 SELECTED ENGINEERING PAPERS, BEING ORIGINALCOMMUNICATIONORSDERED BY THE COUNCIL TO BE PUBLISHED WITHOUT DISCUSSION. No. 77...

...D S MATHESON SUBAQUEOUS TUNNELLING COMPRESSED AIR POWER STATIONS CABLES TUNNELS RIVERS UNDERWATER POWER WORKS TRIAL SHAFTS METHODS SINKING BORING LININGS CEMENTATION SETTING OUT ILLNESS SICKNESS PRESSURE DECOMPRESSION BENDS BARKING RIVER THAMES UK ©...

... operation was repeatedwitheachsection as the sinking process continued, until the top of the cylinder was a t about high- water level. When the necessary lengths were all in place and con- nected, an additional 15-foot length was added temporarily to give increased weightand also to permit...

...C J GYDE CAPE PROVINCE NATAL SOUTH AFRICA AFRICA © Thomas Telford and ICE 1924 UNION PUBLIC WORKS DEPT CLEVELAND BRIDGE & ENGINEERING BRIDGES FOUNDATIONS MODERATE DEPTH CONSTRUCTION SUBSTRUCTURES RIVERS REINFORCED CONCRETE CAISSONS CYLINDERS SINKING...